Mirraco – Aiding and Abetting

MIRRACO - Aiding and Abetting

Our field agent out of California contacted FBI headquarters concerning an aiding and abetting case reported by a local company insider. This company’s nefarious creative intent on some BMX bike graphics had literally drawn attention.

Individuals charged with aiding and abetting or accessory are usually not present when the design crime itself is committed, but they have knowledge of the creative crime before or after the fact, and may assist in its commission through advice, actions, or financial support in regards to its creation.

FBI agents met with the insider at a pre-arranged location away from the prying eyes of his employer. He explained his reservation when the company asked him to just use the art provided by their rider. Not wanting to be an accomplice in this design crime he contacted the bureau.

Our agents poured over the do-it-yourself sketches the insider had provided. The company’s complicity in this act of criminal creative negligence was evident. The drawing itself was clearly a hack job, not a pretty picture and wouldn’t work for the intended usage.

CASE SOLVED

No more bones to pick with this artwork.

Design crime like aiding and abetting can rise to the level of conspiracy, so our agents had to determine this before proceeding further with there investigation. We questioned appropriate leadership within the company and determined no conspiracy existed, it was an isolated crime.

Our agents worked with local design authorities and proceeded to vet the case.

Design crime evidence exhibit “B.”

With the case solved, we were presented with a secondary concept furnished by the client. As with the first sketch this one wouldn’t work as a bike graphic. The core idea wasn’t criminal, but the execution of it was clearly premeditated intent to carry out a design crime.

Skulls-O-Plenty.

This design incorporated the existing company logo and was used as another component in the bikes graphics for this specific BMX rider. Creating each skull as its own separate piece of art was crucial in solving this aspect of the case. It allowed us to move components around and balance the composition of the skulls.

Creative skullduggery.

The investigative techniques of the FBI are a combination of skill, creativity and diligent process. More than a mere pretty picture we strive to uphold the lawful order of unique creativity.